Prevotella bivia

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of obligately anaerobic, Gram-negative, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Bacteroidetes. This species is non-motile, non-spore forming, produces succinic and acetic acid from peptone-yeast-glucose medium, non-pigmented, indole negative, hydrolyzes starch, but not esculin, digests gelatin, milk, casein and meat, and ferments glucose, maltose, starch, lactose, galactose, and mannose, but not sucrose. P. bivia has been isolated from the oral cavity and the female genital tract and is associated with abscesses and a variety of systemic infections.

**Synonyms:** - Bacteroides bivia - Bacteroides bivia - Bacteroides bivius - Bacteroides bivius - PREVOTELLA BIVIA